DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish President Michael D. Higgins joined a virtual celebration of Van Morrison’s 75th birthday on Monday, namechecking U.S. civil rights champion John Lewis and author James Baldwin in a spoken-word rendition of one of the Northern Irishman... More »
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Chinese air force jets briefly crossed the mid-line of the Taiwan Strait on Monday and were tracked by Taiwanese missiles, Taiwan’s government said, as U.S. health chief Alex Azar visited the island to offer President Donald Trump’s support.... More »
JAKARTA (Reuters) – President Joko Widodo said the coronavirus outbreak in Indonesia is expected to peak in August or September, the state news agency Antara reported on Monday, two to three months later than earlier projected. “Based on data the peak is (now)... More »
ALMATY (Reuters) – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Monday sacked the police chief and a deputy governor of the southern Zhambyl province, where 10 people were killed in ethnic clashes last week, his office said. The incident, triggered by an argument... More »
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the government was considering several possible causes of a plane crash in Iran, which killed 176 citizens of 7 countries. The Ukraine International Airline jet crashed shortly after takeoff from Te... More »
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Gojek CEO and co-founder Nadiem Makarim said on Monday he had resigned to join Indonesia’s cabinet, and the ride-hailing and payments company said two senior officials would jointly take over running operations of the $10 billion firm. Pres... More »
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Saturday he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump, offering him friendly ties and a commitment to dialogue, a day after a deal was reached that avoided tariffs on Mexican goods thre... More »
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovakia’s ruling party-backed candidate Maros Sefcovic conceded defeat in the euro zone country’s presidential election on Saturday. Sefcovic, a vice-president the European Union’s executive Commission, told reporters he had called his ... More »
Feb 16, 2018- Pyeongchang, South Korea- South Korea president Jae-in Moon visit the Olympic Main Press Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Monday General Motors Co’s (GM.N) decision ... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – A man was shot and arrested in Iran after trying to break into president’s office, the deputy governor of Tehran was quoted as saying by Fars news agency on Monday. “We are trying to identify the person and find out his motivation,” Mohsen H... More »
FILE PHOTO: Jens Weidmann, President of German Bundesbank attends the Generation Euro Students’ Award ceremony at the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt June 20, 2012. REUTERS/Alex Domanski/File Photo FRANKFURT/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Euro zone... More »
President Tsai Ing-wen vowed on Tuesday to defend Taiwan's freedom and democracy amid growing pressure from giant neighbor China, using a National Day speech to warn that the self-ruled island would not bow to pressure. More »
For President Donald Trump, this was the week when the real world began to intrude upon his presidency. More »
Slovenia, a member of the euro zone, will hold a presidential election on Oct. 22, parliament speaker Milan Brglez said on Friday. More »
FILE PHOTO: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari speaks at the United Nations General Assembly, U.S., September 20, 2016. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is recuperating fast and will return home shortly, his deputy Yemi Osinbajo said on Wednesday after vis... More »
Dutch Finance Minister and Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem talks to the media as he arrives at European Union finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the chair of the Eurogroup of e... More »
FILE PHOTO: Dutch Finance Minister and Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem talks to the media as he arrives at European Union finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium, February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo Euro zone finance ministers ... More »
Czech President Milos Zeman announces his decision to run for another term as president during a news conference at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic March 10, 2017. REUTERS/David W Cerny Czech President Milos Zeman launched his 2018 re-election bid on F... More »
Kazakhstan’s state security service has detained President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s former deputy chief of staff on charges of illegally collecting and sharing classified information, it said on Monday. More »
A general view of downtown Astana, Kazakhstan, October 8, 2015. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov Kazakhstan’s parliament called on Wednesday for the capital city to be renamed after President Nursultan Nazarbayev, a week ahead of a national holiday dedicated to the 76-... More »
TAIPEI A Taiwan artist has refused to see the big picture and instead captured the likeness of president-elect Tsai Ing-wen, to celebrate her inauguration next month, on a single grain of rice. Chen Forng-Shean, who has also sculpted the face of China’s late C... More »
LISBON Portugal’s president said on Tuesday he had asked Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho to begin consultations on forming a government that can ensure political stability in the euro zone nation. Passos Coelho’s center-right coalition won the most votes in... More »
MTV, the music and reality-TV focused television network owned by Viacom Inc, on Wednesday named veteran media executive Sean Atkins as its president. Atkins, who will replace Stephen Friedman, joins MTV from Discovery Communications Inc, where he was an execu... More »
TOKYO Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.T) Chief Executive Satoru Iwata died after a long illness, the company said on Monday, months after he led the Japanese video-game maker’s belated entry into mobile gaming following years of declining sales. He was 55. The hands-on ... More »
ASHGABAT Turkmenistan, which rights groups view as one of the most repressive countries in the world, celebrated President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov’s 58th birthday on Monday by opening a park in the capital Ashgabat bearing his name. It was the latest tribut... More »
